Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Wrapping up the FEW bottle-share
Late last year I set the first steps in doing a FEW Spirits bottle-share. I got interested in the distillery after reading a lot of positive reviews of their spirits. I wanted to know for myself since most of those … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, FEW, FEW Spirits
Tagged Bottle Share, Bourbon, Evanston, FEW, FEW Spirits, Illinois, Master of Malt, Paul Hletko, Rye, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, USA
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GlenDronach 20yo, 1994-2014, Cask #3400, 54.8% – Bottled for Abbey Whisky
Last year I tried a GlenDronach that I really regret not getting a bottle of. Strangely though, I tried again in the Blind Tasting Competition and I wasn’t fond of it. Others had the same experience but upon trying that … Continue reading
Posted in GlenDronach
Tagged Abbey Whisky, Free Sample, GlenDronach, Private Bottling, PX Cask, Sherry Butt
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Williams Chase Elegant Gin, 48%
The non-whisky booze for the Emakina whisky tasting were decided to be at least a gin because of it being an explicit request. The other one was a mezcal that’ll be reviewed somewhere down the line. I’m thinking to keep … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Distilleries, - Other Spirits
Tagged Emakina, Gin, Herefordshire, Whisky tasting, Williams Chase
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Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask, 58.6%, cask S060710004
While I should technically do another two whisky reviews before getting to this one, as this one was the last whisky of the evening, I decided to skip them as those two bottles were the Bowmore Tempest Batch 3, and … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Kavalan
Tagged Emakina, Kavalan, King Car Company, Sherry Butt, Single Cask, Solist, Taiwan, Whisky tasting
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Nikka Taketsuru 21yo, 43%
While I have a bottle of this amazing stuff at home, I decided to review the sample I brought from the Emakina tasting last Friday. I had to make sure the order of drams was all right, after all. Anyway, … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, - Japanese Whisky, Nikka
Tagged Blended Malt, Hokkaido, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Sendai, Taketsuru, Yoichi
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Springbank Green, 12yo, 46%
Last Friday JK and I hosted a booze tasting at work. We would have made it a whisky tasting, but due to some explicit requests to not only do whiskies, we ended up going through a gin and a mezcal … Continue reading
Posted in Springbank
Tagged Bourbon casks, Campbeltown, Emakina, Organic, Springbank, Whisky tasting
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Inchgower 14, 43%, Flora & Fauna
I’ve been going through some samples to get them out of the way and stop them from taking up valuable shelf space. There’s still quite a few to go, as in, a hundred or more. This one was bought some … Continue reading
Lagavulin 16, 43%, White Horse edition
While the Lagavulin 16 is as mainstream a single malt as it gets, apart from maybe Glenfiddich 12, it is subject to discussion. Mostly because according to whisky geeks like myself there has been a steady decline in quality over … Continue reading
FEW Bourbon, 48.4%, batch 1 – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
As far as I know this is the first independent release from FEW Spirits. There have been private bottlings, like that Cask Strength bourbon for Master of Malt, but this time they pushed a bit further. Not only is it … Continue reading
Posted in FEW, FEW Spirits
Tagged Bourbon, Evanston, FEW, FEW Spirits, Illinois, Independent Bottling, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Paul Hletko, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, USA, wheated bourbon
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Malt Fascination 